Vir Savarkar Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Vir Savarkar inernational Airport
nativename = Port Blair Airport
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nativename-r =


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IATA = IXZ
ICAO = VOPB
type = Public
owner =
operator = Airports Authority of India
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city-served = Port Blair
location =
elevation-f = 14
elevation-m = 4
coordinates = coord|11|38|28|N|092|43|47|E|type:airport
website =
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r1-number = 04/22
r1-length-f = 10,795
r1-length-m = 3,290
r1-surface = Asphalt
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Vir Savarkar International Airport or Port Blair Airport airport codes|IXZ|VOPB is an airport located convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on south of Port Blair, on the Andaman Islands of India. It is named after the Indian freedom fighter Vir Savarkar.

Overview

The airport has a single runway of convert|3290|m|ft|abbr=on|sigfig=5 in length, accommodating most wide-body aircraft in international service, although the most recent reports indicate no airliners larger than Airbus 320 types regularly serve Vir Savakar airport. An ILS (precision instrument landing system) is available for low visibility operations, but pilots are responsible to check with local authorities to verify the system is operational, prior to flight. There is a road that crosses the runway; traffic must be stopped for aircraft to take off, similar to the Gibraltar Airport.

With such a small terminal, the isolation of the islands, and relatively high prices of flights, there are a limited number airlines and destinations that serve the airport.

Terminal 1, has only 2 gates and does not use airbridges. They use buses to provide transportation from the terminal to the flights in the apron.

Heavy rain flooded the airport during May 2008 [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Heavy_rains_submerge_Port_Blair_airport_air_travel_hit/articleshow/3027365.cms Heavy rains submerge Port Blair airport, air travel hit] ] and halted traffic.

Airlines and destinations

*Air India
**Indian Airlines (Chennai, Kolkata)
*Jet Airways (Chennai)
**Jet Lite (Kolkata)
*Kingfisher Airlines
**Air Deccan (Chennai, Kolkata)
*SpiceJet (Chennai, Kolkata)

References

External links

* [http://aai.aero/allAirports/portblair_general.jsp Vir Savarkar Airport] (official Airports Authority of India web site)
* [http://www.farecompare.com/flights/Port_Blair-IXZ/city.html Destinations from Port Blair]
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